Recent content by vortalism

This is way too true, scarily so. I feel that this may have possibly arisen from the game's Arena-y hacky-slashy roots creating an inverse of what goes on in D&D (well 3.5 and before). In this case we have our melee fighting types progressing at quadratic rates whilst the mages are progressing...

I have waited too long for this. They've kept me hanging since '11. I feel compelled to do this: NEEEEEEEEEEEEBS! Also I agree with everyone else, Unforgotten Realms does need a proper ending.

I'm a bit of a health nut, so fast food and stuff in which I can "sense" the DEEP FRIE from a radius of 10ft is a no-no, being Asian I keep away from my native food when served in restaurants too, just because I think it's too greasy for me, I even stop eating candy or chocolate entirely most of...

I tend to play a lot of sandbox-open world type games or just games with a lot of options that requires me to sink tons of hours into exploring every facet of that world. A couple examples of this are The Elder Scrolls series (obviously), sometimes Dragon Age, Mass Effect, other CRPGs...

Thanks for the replies, I'm trying to formulate a short campaign with them at the helm in terms of design (something which I picked up from Gnome Stew), this should probably get them more invested, as they've actually had some input into how the world is. As for the suggestion about using a...

Hey Escapists, I've been DMing D&D 2nd, 3rd and (recently) 4th Edition for a while, and I've grown accompanied to more experienced players that understand how to run the game and just work spontaneously. As a DM I'm very inclined to ad lib and work on my toes, and I like to work in...

I'm surprised, PodCats, have you never had affogato? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affogato) Also were Bungie's cookies a....................... lie? (don't kill me), I can just imagine Bungie's giant robot AI saying "there will be cookies!" And the aftermath of that.. Plus Susan, you are...

And that's probably for the best, seeing as many big developers and even publishers even still want to make (/publish) their gigantic godzilla sized games I doubt that current internet infra-structure could catch up until it's as efficient as FedEx. Which would be around 2040...

Sorry to butt in Sir ewhac, but I see you've got a complex system you want to predict the behaviour of? I'm not expert on Magicka Particulate Resonance in wands and staves and things but you could always just model it as a simple object using Narpothelop's Paradigm and then add some secondary...

Great Episode, oh Buckety Master Jim! To be frank, this generation has really been dominated by some top notch new IP. I can be hard pressed to think of any older generation games that've stayed popular or even good in this generation (besides the obvious candidates and remakes: Deus Ex, Half...

Even though I don't have as much of an aversion to J.J. Abrams despite the fact that he has a bit of an unhealthy fascination with lens flare, I was disappointed that they didn't chose a newer and more upcoming director to lead Star Wars into a new direction, primarily somebody who doesn't do...

Finally! I can get my modules back and show my players what 'Old Skool' D&D was like (because the our group has only played 3.5). I still have the Tomb of Horrors but I'm a bit hesitant about putting them through that too soon. At least I can get my Greyhawk Wars modules. I love that stuff. It's...

I did not know that the Assassin's Brotherhood recruited Elven members.. Elven Ezio seems way too damn fast for how traditional Elder Scrolls combat goes... After that bit with the rope and the running and throwing knife I was expecting him to pull out a hidden blade and air assassinate the last...

Off-topic: By the FSM Gavin, you're a genius. You're officially on my top 10 list of favourite artists ever (I just had to say that...). Also off topic but have you heard of Adam WarRock. I know Hip-Hop/Rap music isn't exactly your thing, but I'm curious if you know each other at all, both...

Anything and everything Elder Scrolls. I've replayed Morrowind, Oblivion and even Daggerfall dozens of times. It's also what I'm doing with Skyrim. I pretty much treat an Elder Scrolls game like I do MMOs, except there isn't any other PCs besides me. So basically tons and tons of Alts with no...